Todays' NYTimes:
One Chinese Family in New York City Chinatown Link http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/nyregion/one-roof-three-generations-portrait-of-a-chinese-american-family.html How many students are willing to be vulnerable in the foreign language classroom, to be completely immersed in the language in order to learn it?
NYTimes Magazine http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/magazine/my-familys-experiment-in-extreme-schooling.html  I found this on the web today:
http://blog.huayuworld.org/happytree/25235/2011/09/08/96247 1. You went to the doctor for check up. Doctor made you open your mouth and say "Ah...." (1st tone) 2. At the dentist. Upon hearing that you have three cavities, you say "What?" (2nd tone) 3. The dentist says: you need to get those teeth pulled right away. You say: "well...." (3rd tone) 4. Dentist says : "It will cost you three thousand dollars. You say: "No!!!" (4th tone) The fall season is upon us and come with it is the Chinese Mid-Autumn festival. This year it on September 12. What are the legends and rituals associated with this festival? We will learn one popular Chinese song in the coming week to celebrate this beautiful festival. 月亮代表我的心 (this is the most famous version. there are other versions on youtube if you search it) Lyrics with Pinyin Link NYTimes August 31, 2011
MUMBAI, India — It seems to be a national obsession in India: measuring the country’s economic development against China’s yardstick. At a recent panel discussion to commemorate the 20th anniversary of India’s dismantling parts of its socialist economy, a government minister told business leaders to keep their eye on the big prize: growing faster than China. “That’s not impossible,” said the minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, who oversees national security and previously was finance minister. “People are beginning to talk about outpacing China.” |
